If a frontal assault on the foundational principals and values of American life can qualify as being at war - then yes, Barack Obama is in combat with our country. And while the belligerence of both his administration and his partys congressional leadership have seemingly created a sense of alarm across the U.S., their apparent disregard for their own self-inflicted political damage is all the more staggering.

Taking aim at Americas foundations has impacted us both here at home, and abroad. European allies France and England have both made note of our Presidents short shrift treatment over the past fourteen months, while earlier this month French President Nicolas Sarkozy chastised Obama for his protectionist, anti-free trade policies ( this is not the right way to behave Sarkozy told our President). And just last week Vice President Biden took U.S.-Israel relations to a new low point by criticizing the nation on their own soil.

But domestically, Obamas greatest offense to American life is fundamentally economic in its nature. And at its root, his assault on our sensibilities is best described in terms that he himself has used to criticize others.

In a quickly produced campaign commercial back in the Fall of 2008, candidate Obama addressed the then- melting down American financial system, stating that this crisis serves as a stark reminder of the failures of crony capitalism, and an economic philosophy that sees any regulation at all as unwise and unnecessary  At that moment in time, long-standing American financial institutions were being crushed, mostly by their overexposure to sub-prime mortgages, while the stock market was tumbling precipitously.

Was cronyism in the financial system really our problem back then? Arguably it was one of many problems at that time, although Obamas insinuation that our capitalistic free market economy is un-regulated was phony (completely un-regulated capitalism does not exist).

But today, cronyism is so flagrant and blatant at the highest ranks of our government, that the President and the congress have lost the confidence and the trust of both Americas cultural right and left. The stunning, well-stop-at-nothing fight to take-over the healthcare industry and the medical profession has put Obama-styled cronyism on full display  and therein lies the greatest assault on America.

The cronyism, however, didnt begin with the healthcare fight. After taking office, President Obama got to work right away buying-off people who would serve his interests, as he continued the destructive precedent established by George W. Bush and handed over billions of our tax dollars to Chrysler and General Motors. He then established his special Automotive Task Force, and appointed as the head of the task force Steve Rattner, a Wall Street investor with no experience in the car business but with lots of experience in raising campaign money for Obama and Democrats.

When GM and Chrysler ended-up in bankruptcy, President Obama insisted that everybody involved needed to sacrifice, yet the only people to experience a loss were the companies secured creditors. The Obama Administration used the full power of the White House to force the creditors to accept debt payment of thirty cents on the dollar, and then during the re-structuring of the companies managed to have chunks of each corporation gifted to the United Auto Workers Union (the UAW currently owns about 17% of GM, and slightly over 50% of Chrysler).

President Obama had a good reason to provide gifts to the UAW  labor union members frequently make great, loyal, campaign foot soldiers for Democrats. And for this reason it was no surprise when President Obama negotiated an exemption from the mandates of his nationalized healthcare plan for UAW members  they already receive healthcare benefits, and it made no sense to entangle into government healthcare a group of people who could be politically beneficial to Barack Obama.

Then there are the gifts to individual members of Congress. The Louisiana purchase with Senator Mary Landrieu and the Cornhusker kickback happened months ago. Yet all within the last week, we saw Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich go from a no to a yes vote on Obamacare after his wife was given a job working for Michelle Obama. And the Obama Administration used the power of the Department of the Interior to expand Californias water allocations, in exchange for the votes of on-the-fence Representatives Costa and Cardoza.

And why, exactly, does the Obamacare agenda require all Americans to buy health insurance? Using the force of government to create more demand for their product was a great way for President Obama to garner the political support of the insurance industry.

Yet at the epicenter of all of this  all the bribes, manipulations, and heavy-handed mandates  is the narrow, political self-interest of one man: Barack Obama. Americas cultural right decries the loss of freedom and the rise of abusive government, while the left decries a government that lines the pockets of for-profit corporations (companies that are presumed to be greedy), all for the benefit of one self-serving politician.

This is the assault on Americas foundational principals and values. It is the assault of governmental cronyism, on our basic understandings of what is right, and fair.

Is there tea in China? Is the Pope Catholic? 0bozo has been at war with America for years. Indoctrination from Bill Ayers and 20 years sitting in the church” of the biggest racist and America-hater in America, Jeremiah Wright, should give one a clue about that.

Its called a Cold Civil War...and unfortunately...the way Democrats play politics...may get hot...

It really comes down to this: My conservative political philosophy does not threaten or affect the freedom of liberals. I dont ask them to sacrifice anything for me, but they DEMAND I sacrifice for them

Obama’s a Muslim thug and far more radical than a mere Liberal. His anti-American beliefs/activities should be no surprise — frankly, all one has to do was look at his record. Plus, he’s not a native born American and from an early age was brainwashed to believe with ever fiber of his being that we were pillaging and looting the rest of the world. People who voted for him were willing dupes; they wanted ‘free’ medical insurance, reparations, or the rest of the pie in the sky nonsense he promised during the campaign. And he’s still at it, lying through his teeth, aided and abetted by the MSM.

He is a corrupt and power-crazed, deviant tyrant seeking to get whitey and all those in between. His acts speak of universal control and setting himself up for personal enrichment at the expense of the serfs.

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posted on 03/21/2010 6:00:47 AM PDT
by Neoliberalnot
((Read "The Grey Book" for an alternative to corruption in DC))

BO is merely part of the team which seeks to oppress the average freedom-loving citizen. His team consists of the super-rich (eg Soros), the limo-libs in the Sodom called Hollywood, and american-hating old media, libs and progs. These are our enemies, make no mistake, all of them our enemies.

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posted on 03/21/2010 6:03:45 AM PDT
by Neoliberalnot
((Read "The Grey Book" for an alternative to corruption in DC))

Hey, if you had your way they wouldn’t be able to wake up each morning knowing that the female of the species was “free” to take the life of the unborn, by any means of their choosing. You cannot imagine the sacrifice, the hugh-man-i-tee.

The African American Dr. Jesse Cannon, a doctor of 30 years I protested TURN COAT JOHN TANNER, bribed by a NATO job, said hed retire..0 may get to the point of having to CONSCRIPT the retired doctors, or import Non-English speaking ones or both.

Hold your own street protest in front of your reps local offices. Or busy street corners. Try and get the local media to cover it. Hammer the Medicare/SS issue, nothing like mad grannies and gramps.

This is from a 2007 contact list of congressional aides. Some might not be there any longer, but worth a try. The ones on the one post are senate aides, a few have bounced back, its worth the effort to clog up their email system along with the phones, and 1/3rd of these senators are up for re-election.

Mail must be inspected for anthrax takes 2 weeks, so if you snail mail send a post card

Defeat Obamacare call list: List now contains the new MAYBES culled from FR posts. Be sure to call KNOWN RINOS too.THEY ARE ANSWERING THEIR LOCAL NUMBERS
Here is one of the ones Rush gave out on the radio that Im calling. So far its been busy but Im going to burn it up till I get to tell my congress critter to vote NO!
Join me?..... 1-877-762-8762

The National Republican Congressional Committee has published a target list on health care. In addition to continuing to contact the five Tennessee Democrat Congressmen, you can go http://www.votervoice.net/link/clickthrough/ext/94697.aspx to contact some of these targets. Much of the talk following Obamas announcement has focused on how to defeat this second bill through reconciliation, but that is misleading because the first step to defeating Obamacare is not by concentrating on defeating the fixer bill but by defeating the Senate bill in the House when it goes to the floor for an up-or-down vote on Sunday March 21st.

Good idea from the bloggers at Hillbuzz:http://hillbuzz.org/2010/03/17/action-items-march-17th-2010/
They offer specifics and links on how to put pressure on Dem DONORS, who have private numbers for legislators who may have taken their phones off the hook.
Congress may not want to hear from us, but theyll listen to the money men.

Call them and fax them them instead of telling us you dont trust them.

And here are toll-free numbers we can use to call any Senators or Reps.

At the first number below you must wait through a tape recording urging you to tell your Rep or Senator to vote yes for the health care bill. Just hang on and when the recording is over, you will get the Capitol operator. Just ask for your Rep or Senators office. Then you will either talk to an aid or have the chance to leave a message for him/her to vote NO on the health care bill.

When you use the second number and the Capitol operator comes on, just ask for your Rep or Senators office. Every time I use this number I get the Rep or Senators answer machine, so it may be set up that way all the time...to go to their answer machine. Either way you can leave a message to vote NO on the health care bill!

We need to use these toll free numbers that have been set up for the health care/ BO supporters and illegals to use! After all they are FREE!

Obamas a Muslim thug and far more radical than a mere Liberal. His anti-American beliefs/activities should be no surprise  frankly, all one has to do was look at his record.

Pretty much. Thing is far from lame brain media doing their job in 2008, they spent the entire campaign covering up his crimes, and shilling for him 24/7. Good news is, the bugle of pregnancy can't be covered by the hand for ever. Today, his radical beliefs, radical agenda and inherent hatred of everything good about this country's values is becoming obvious to American voters, even those who voted for him. Look at his poll numbers. Today, more voters strongly disapprove of 0bozo than they did of Bush even in his terrible 8th year in office. This Marxist is a one termer, if he lasts that long. It's not going to be a very good 2 years for him when we take over the congress in November. He's committed enough crimes to warrant his impeachment several times over already.

That skinny usurper HATES America and every American whose ever worked for a living and/or owns a business of any size. Be it a Fruit Stand or a huge Corporation, he and his commieRAT cronies are out to get you.

Not to mention the hoard of Republicns who voted for him to teach their party a lesson, or the self-loathers who voted for him to make themselves ‘feel good’ for slavery, or the ones that voted for him so we could have the first (or is that the second )black President.

NYT reports today “The president has told associates that health care will be his legacy.” This was never about what was good for America. All that matters is what’s good for Obama’s legacy. It is tragic there were so many willing and able enablers who dutifully did the dirty work to accomplish his egoistic dream.

Obama has tossed in all of the good will he had after the election—now even the left sees him for what he is—soon all will see him as a would be tin pot dictator. Mark my words, scandal will force him from office before 2012.

I’m not sure any republicans voted for this guy. The people who elected him were “independents” who switch from election to election and that “big tent” the republicans built. If I had voted “against” McCain and voted third party it sure wouldn’t have been to “teach the republicans a lesson”. It would have been because I didn’t see any difference in the two parties. Sarah Palin is the one reason I voted for the “republican”.

For my kids’ sake, I hope you are right. Quite frankly, I am sick and tired of this POS socialist ignoramous and his endless desire to destroy this country... still having a hard time believing that people continue to put up with this crap on a daily basis.

Austin has hosted for some of America's most prestigious talk radio outlets, including KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles, 550 KFYI in Phoenix, Newstalk KIRO in Seattle, Newstalk 92-3 KTAR in Phoenix, and 560 WIND in Chicago. He is also a Web TV host for DC Web TV Dot Com.

Austin is the author of "White House: Confidential - The Little Book Of Weird Presidential History." He holds a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, and a Master's Degree in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics from Biola University, CA

Visit www.austinhill.net to learn more about Austin.

I don't see where it says that he is a Journalist.

Did you ever think that he used the word as an adjective and not a noun?

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